How To Install libxau-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxau-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libxau-dev
libxau-dev is:
This package provides the main interface to the X11 authorisation handling, which controls authorisation for X connections, both client-side and server-side.
This package contains the development headers for the library found in libxau6. Non-developers likely have little use for this package.
More information about X.Org can be found at: URL:https://www.X.org
This module can be found at https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxau
There are three methods to install libxau-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libxau-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libxau-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxau-dev
Install libxau-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxau-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxau-dev
Install libxau-dev Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libxau-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxau-dev
How To Uninstall libxau-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libxau-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxau-dev
Uninstall libxau-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxau-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxau-dev
Remove libxau-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libxau-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxau-dev
Remove libxau-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxau-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxau-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxau-dev
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.